C-4 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session October 16, 2013, to August 2, 2015

A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures
Short title: Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2
Bill type
House Government Bill
This bill received royal assent on December 12, 2013

Statutes of Canada 2013, c. 40

Progress

End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, October 22, 2013
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
October 22, 2013
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, October 29, 2013
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
October 23, 2013
Sitting 6
Major speeches
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October 24, 2013
October 25, 2013
October 28, 2013
October 29, 2013
Sitting 10
Agreed to (Vote 7)
2nd reading and referral to committee - FINA
End of stage activity
Committee report presented without an amendment, November 28, 2013
Committee meetings
Meeting date Minutes
November 18, 2013
Meeting 6
November 25, 2013
Meeting 10
November 26, 2013
Meeting 11
November 27, 2013
Meeting 12
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
November 28, 2013
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, December 3, 2013
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 2, 2013
December 3, 2013
End of stage activity
Third reading, December 9, 2013
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 6, 2013
December 9, 2013
Sitting 33
Agreed to (Vote 41)
3rd reading
Committee meetings
Meeting date Details
November 19, 2013
Meeting 2
November 19, 2013
Meeting 3
November 20, 2013
Meeting 4
November 20, 2013
Meeting 5
November 21, 2013
Meeting 6
November 25, 2013
Meeting 8
November 26, 2013
Meeting 9
November 26, 2013
Meeting 10
November 28, 2013
Meeting 12
December 3, 2013
Meeting 14
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
November 5, 2013
Sitting 12
Pre-study of House bill
Subject-matter of bill referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance AND certain other Senate Committees --- (See explanatory note below)
End of stage activity
First reading, December 9, 2013
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 9, 2013
End of stage activity
Committee report on subject matter of bill tabled, December 10, 2013
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 10, 2013
End of stage activities
Second reading, December 10, 2013
Referral to committee, December 10, 2013
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 10, 2013
Sitting 25
Major speeches
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented without amendment, December 11, 2013
Committee meetings
Meeting date Details
December 10, 2013
Meeting 16
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 11, 2013
End of stage activity
Committee report adopted, December 11, 2013
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 11, 2013
Sitting 26
Note
Debate on committee report on subject-matter of the bill
End of stage activity
Third reading, December 12, 2013
Bill passed by the Senate without amendment
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
December 12, 2013

Notes

On November 5, 2013, the following motion was adopted by the Senate:

That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine the subject-matter of all of Bill C-4, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures, introduced in the House of Commons on October 22, 2013, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate;

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to sit for the purposes of its study of the subject-matter of Bill C-4 even though the Senate may then be sitting, with the application of rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto; and

That, in addition, and notwithstanding any normal practice:

1. The following committees be separately authorized to examine the subject-matter of the following elements contained in Bill C-4 in advance of it coming before the Senate:

(a) the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce: those elements contained in Divisions 2, 3, 9, and 13 of Part 3;

(b) the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: those elements contained in Divisions 7 and 14 of Part 3;

(c) the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications: those elements contained in Division 8 of Part 3;

(d) the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade: those elements contained in Divisions 4 and 16 of Part 3;

(e) the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology: those elements contained in Divisions 5, 10 and 11 of Part 3; and

(f) the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: those elements contained in Division 19, of Part 3;

2. The various committees listed in point one that are authorized to examine the subject-matter of particular elements of Bill C-4 submit their final reports to the Senate no later than November 29, 2013;

3. As the reports from the various committees authorized to examine the subject-matter of particular elements of Bill C-4 are tabled in the Senate, they be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting; and

4. The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be simultaneously authorized to take any reports tabled under point three into consideration during its study of the subject-matter of all of Bill C-4.

Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

Vote 5 — October 24, 2013
Result:
Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures
Yeas:
144
Nays:
116
Paired:
0
Total:
260
Vote 6 — October 29, 2013
Result:
Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (reasoned amendment)
Yeas:
124
Nays:
151
Paired:
0
Total:
275
Vote 7 — October 29, 2013
Result:
Agreed To
2nd reading of Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures
Yeas:
151
Nays:
124
Paired:
0
Total:
275
Vote 18 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures
Yeas:
134
Nays:
113
Paired:
0
Total:
247
Vote 19 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
123
Nays:
141
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 20 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
35
Nays:
229
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 21 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
92
Nays:
172
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 22 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
94
Nays:
171
Paired:
0
Total:
265
Vote 23 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
123
Nays:
143
Paired:
0
Total:
266
Vote 24 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
121
Nays:
143
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 25 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
93
Nays:
171
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 26 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
6
Nays:
257
Paired:
0
Total:
263
Vote 27 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
121
Nays:
143
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 28 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
121
Nays:
143
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 29 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
92
Nays:
172
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 30 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
120
Nays:
143
Paired:
0
Total:
263
Vote 31 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
121
Nays:
143
Paired:
0
Total:
264
Vote 32 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
121
Nays:
144
Paired:
0
Total:
265
Vote 33 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Negatived
Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures (report stage amendment)
Yeas:
122
Nays:
143
Paired:
0
Total:
265
Vote 34 — December 3, 2013
Result:
Agreed To
Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures
Yeas:
144
Nays:
121
Paired:
0
Total:
265
Vote 41 — December 9, 2013
Result:
Agreed To
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures
Yeas:
145
Nays:
122
Paired:
0
Total:
267

Senate

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Major speeches at second reading

House of Commons

Speech date Speech Member of Parliament
October 23, 2013 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 6) Andrew Saxton (Conservative)
October 23, 2013 Response speech(Sitting 6) Peggy Nash (NDP)
October 23, 2013 Response speech(Sitting 6) Scott Brison (Liberal)

Senate

Speech date Speech Senator
December 10, 2013 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 25) JoAnne L. Buth (Conservative)
December 10, 2013 Response speech(Sitting 25) Joseph A. Day (Liberal)

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